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Apple TV+’s Severance has emerged as one of the streaming platform’s most successful projects. It has captivated audiences with its thrilling storyline and mind-bending narrative. A biotechnology company, Lumon Industries, performs an eerie medical procedure, called Severance on its employees. This makes for the central plot of the show.

Severance follows Mark Scout (Adam Scott), a Lumon employee who undergoes a complex procedure that separates his work and personal memories, splitting his personality into two. This results in him and other Lumon employees having two separate lives. It is a psychological thriller drama that unfolds right in front of your eyes and leaves you unnerved and fascinated.

Severance | Credits: Apple TV

Only last month, Severance returned to screens with a new season after three long years. The years-long anticipation ensured that Severance did not get affected by the sophomore curse that many TV shows go through. Instead, Severance...

It's pretty safe to say that Spider-Man is one of the biggest superheroes in comic book history. For that reason, it's no surprise that he's also one of the biggest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Sure, he might not be as tenured as some of the original Avengers in that franchise, but he very quickly became one of the most popular in the MCU after his debut appearance in 2016's Captain America: Civil War.

Portrayed by Tom Holland, the webslinger has made his presence felt in the form of his own trilogy, as well as continuing to play a major role in ensemble movies such as the Avengers franchise. He's now set to return in both of those MCU subfranchises in the very near-future, with a new Spider-Man trilogy and two Avengers appearances already scheduled in the years ahead.

However, there is reportedly set to be a bit of a...

Heading into “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert,” it was clear that the event was going to be a celebration of all things “Saturday Night Live.” After all, it’s right there in the concert’s name. What’s more surprising is how Peacock’s Friday night concert morphed into a joyous love letter to live TV itself.

Between the scope of its performances, the truly remarkable camerawork and the confidence of an endless roster of comedians who professionally perform live, the concert captured the edge-of-a-knife feeling “SNL” has always elicited while also blowing that feeling up to its most extreme and lavish form.

The performance itself belonged to Lorne Michaels and The Roots, both of whom received so many shoutouts and thank yous, it feels silly to even keep count. But inside the room, the insider audience fought between wanting to go all out and trying to keep its cool...

Years later, Lady Gaga is poking fun at those pesky rumors with an era-appropriate pop culture banger.

The 14-time Grammy winner joined Andy Samberg onstage Friday at Radio City Music Hall for SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, where they began performing her A Star Is Born track “Shallow” before deciding to do a selection more in Samberg’s “vocal range.”

“There is one song, but Justin [Timberlake’s] not here to do his parts,” he said, to which Gaga replied, “Andy, don’t be a b*tch. I’ll do it with you.”

The pair then launched into a performance of The Lonely Island’s “Dick in a Box” from the 2006 SNL Christmas episode.

Related: Bill Murray Reprises Nick The Lounge Singer For ‘SNL50’ Concert With Paul Schaffer & Special Guests

Samberg was also joined by Bad Bunny, Chris Parnell and fellow Lonely Island member Jorma Taccone for a medley that included ‘Motherlover...

It began with 2008’s “Iron Man,” a film that introduced the world to Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark with the hint that he could be part of something greater. Over 30 films later, the story of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is still being told, albeit with various tributaries and detours that introduce new characters and new worlds that may or may not cross paths one day. Each film in the MCU stands on its own to some degree, but like building blocks, they all connect as part of one interconnected universe. And in that way, watching the Marvel movies in order tells one grand story.

There are a couple of different ways to watch the Marvel movies in order, but below we run down how to watch the MCU in chronological and release date order. Indeed, some films like “Captain Marvel” and “Captain America: The First Avenger” are full-on prequels...

The ten outstanding actresses and actors from all over Europe have arrived in Germany’s capital city today eagerly waiting to immerse themselves in a tailor-made programme of profile-rising events during this year’s Berlinale.

The ten selected European Shooting Stars for 2025 are: Marina Makris (Cyprus), Besir Zeciri (Denmark), Maarja Johanna Mägi (Estonia), Devrim Lingnau (Germany), Elín Hall (Iceland), Kārlis Arnolds Avots (Latvia), Šarūnas Zenkevičius (Lithuania), Lidija Kordić (Montenegro), Vicente Wallenstein (Portugal) and Frida Gustavsson (Sweden).

Find out more about 2025’s 10 participants

The four-day intensive programme provides a powerful platform for the selected talent giving them the chance to meet international journalists, casting directors, producers and filmmakers, unique opportunities to build a professional network, and equipping the young talents with the necessary means to embark on an international career.

The programme concludes on Monday, 17 February with the European Shooting Stars Awards ceremony at the Berlinale Palast where each actress and...

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: God botherers, toxic relationships, secret agent searches and more. Here’s what we’ve been up to…

Academy Watch

The road to the Oscars continues apace as Bo Nicholson, joined by Andy Williams, unpack one of the front runners, Edward Berger’s Conclave. Plus, don’t miss Bo’s analysis of the Critics Choice award winners for possible Academy winners…

Modern Horror

Ever wanted a compliant girlfriend or boyfriend? Companion will make you question your life choices if so as Hugh McStay and Aj Black look at this darkly comic horror from debut director Drew Hancock…

The X-Cast

Think The X-Files can’t get any weirder? Think again. Kurt North and Darren Mooney team up to discuss 10×05 ‘Babylon’, written and directed by Chris Carter, arguably the oddest modern tale from the series we were given. Does it hold up almost a decade later?...

Not everyone is a fan of football. While Super Bowl Lix is also about commercials and the Halftime Show, you may want something else to watch tomorrow, Sunday, Feb. 9.

There are no new episodes of top broadcast shows tomorrow. That’s why we won’t have a “what’s on TV tonight” post. However, this is a good time to catch up on some shows and to see how others ended. We have five great broadcast shows to spend the night watching.

Watch the three-part One Chicago crossover event

There isn’t a lot of time to work through a new series. So, if you just want an event, then you’ll want to turn to the most recent One Chicago crossover event. The three episodes are more like a big movie, and you don’t need to know too much about the various characters to get into the storylines.

At a time when teenagers were mostly confined to the sidekick shtick, things changed dramatically after Spider-Man’s debut, which allowed young readers to relate with Parker, and Peter’s clumsiness set him apart from his peers. Even though the Sam Raimi movies weren’t completely faithful to the comics, the films did nail the clumsy aspect of Peter’s life.

The MCU also did a good job in this department, which was elevated by the fact that they brought in an age-appropriate actor for the gig. Moreover, Tom Holland’s demeanor on his first screen test with Rdj was very much indistinguishable from that of Peter.

Peter Parker’s clumsiness comes naturally to Tom Holland Spider-Man: Homecoming | Credit: Marvel Studios

While fans have often complained about the lack of street-level stakes in the MCU’s Spider-Man stories, one thing they did get right was Tom Holland. Not only did...

The 911: Lone Star series finale made sure everyone got their happy ending, but we certainly were missing one face in particular. Despite not getting to get one final glimpse of Grace Ryder before the series ended, here’s how the show reached a conclusion for Captain Owen Strand and the rest of the 126 fire crew.

Almost immediately, the episode opened with the events of an emergency alert discussing an upcoming asteroid strike. A professor named Dr. Chalmers was discussing a nuclear reactor located on a campus university when he decided to leave to get a treat. However, the alert sent him back to the control room in order to prevent a possible nuclear reaction.

Unfortunately, he slipped on a piece of wet floor and he was critically injured just as the asteroid hit. While everyone survived the asteroid strike and the aftermath of a vicious shockwave, they were unable...

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man reaches the halfway point of the season with the fifth episode. What is Otto Octavius’ grand plan? How will things change now that Harry knows Peter is Spider-Man? What does any of this have to do with Lonnie’s story? And will Nico Minoru be allowed to be relevant again. Join me in finding the answers to all of these questions in our full spoiler discussion (Final warning for those who haven’t seen it yet).

What happens in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Episode 5?

The episode begins right where the previous episode left off, with Mila Masaryk meeting up with Otto Octavius for a business deal. A brilliant scientist with an ego problem, Otto has consistently dealt with financial struggles and being belittled by his peers; so he’s been selling high-tech enhancements to criminals on the black market. In this case, Mila buys a powerful...

Indian director Payal Kapadia’s festival favouriteAll We Imagine As Light is one of the many films backed at an early stage by the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund (Hbf).

Underlining Hbf’s reach, Wei Liang Chiang and You Qiao Yin’s Cannes Camera d’Or winner Mongrel, Palestinian-Danish filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel’s To a Land Unknown, Trương Minh Quý’s Viet and Nam and Wang Bing’s Youth (Hard Times) and Youth (Homecoming) were other 2024 festival titles to receive development support from the fund.

At a time when industry finance is ever tighter, Hbf has received a welcome boost this year,...

Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers from Monday’s series finale of Fox’s “9-1-1: Lone Star,” titled “Homecoming.”

After five seasons of life-saving, it’s time to thank the 126 for their service and say goodbye to “9-1-1: Lone Star.” On the series finale episode of the Ryan Murphy-created Fox first-responder drama, a spinoff of the series “9-1-1” (which now airs on ABC), Owen Strand (Rob Lowe) saves the day — and all of Austin, Texas — by deactivating a nuclear reactor that’s been set off by an asteroid collision.

It’s the big bang ending that “9-1-1” franchise fans expected from a show that prides itself on its increasingly wild emergencies, and a heart-wrenching one until it’s final moments. Following a brief fake-out, it’s revealed Owen survived his injuries sustained during the emergency, and has left the 126 to return to New York. The station mourns the loss...

Spoiler Alert: This post contains details about Monday’s series finale of 9-1-1: Lone Star.

With 9-1-1: Lone Star answering its final call Monday, the series finale was a particularly emotional ride-along for star Gina Torres.

Sitting down with showrunner Rashad Raisani, the actress behind Station 126 paramedic’s Captain Tommy Vega told Deadline it’s “so rare” to be part of such a talented TV ensemble cast, as they both mourned the end of the spinoff after five seasons.

“I think it was right on the money for Tommy,” said Torres of her character’s farewell. “None of that surprised me. When I read it, I thought, ‘Yeah, of course, she’s a soldier.’ She’s gonna go out the way. She came in fighting and doing what she can. That’s what first responders do.”

Although in the final episode, Captain Vega has been put...

It’s the end of an era for Fox. On Feb. 3, the network that first introduced audiences to the 911 franchise will bid farewell to the franchise, possibly for good, as 911: Lone Star signs off the air following a five-season run on Fox.

After five amazing seasons and over 70 episodes, 911: Lone Star comes to an end on Feb. 3 with the final episode of its current fifth season, “Homecoming.” The finale brings about the end of our time with Austin’s 126, where we’ve spent the last several years watching the men and women of the 126 protecting and serving the Austin community.

The good news is that 911: Lone Star is one of the lucky few shows that was given time to naturally bring its storylines to a close with a planned series finale; however, that doesn’t make it any easier to bid farewell to the 126 team – especially...

Hey, "9-1-1: Lone Star" fans. We're back with another new spoiler scoop session for you guys. In this one we've got details on what you can expect to see take place in the next, new, finale episode 12 of this current and last season 5, which is due to hit your TV screens tonight, February 3, 2025. We were able to dig up an official teaser description for one of episode 12's main storylines via Fox and their official episode 12 press release synopsis. So, we're going to break it all down for you right now. Let's get to it. For starters, Fox let us know that this new episode 12 is officially titled, "Homecoming." It sounds like episode 12 will feature some very emotional, intense, dramatic, interesting, possible action-filled and suspenseful scenes. In this new episode 12, the aftermath of the asteroid crash is the main focus of this one and only storyline that Fox would give up.

Beyoncé is the most honored artist of all time at the Grammy Awards. In 2023, she set that record, which had previously been held by conductor Georg Solti, when she prevailed four times for her dance album Renaissance. In 2025, she extended that record with her country collection Cowboy Carter.

Beyoncé received a remarkable 11 nominations for Cowboy Carter, which itself was historic. That was the most nominations ever for a single album, the most nominations for a woman in a single year, and it gave Beyoncé the all-time record as the most nominated artist in history with 99 career bids. Most of the top categories have eluded her, but she finally won Album of the Year for this latest effort. That made her the first Black woman since Lauryn Hill (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill) to claim the award. Beyoncé previously earned noms in that category for I Am… Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé, Lemonade,...

You thought 9-1-1: Lone Star was just going to end with an asteroid threatening Austin? That would be too easy! As TV Insider’s exclusive sneak peek of the February 3 series finale, “Homecoming,” shows, that’s just one emergency the 126 will be dealing with as the show wraps up. In the aftermath of the asteroid crash in Austin, an even greater threat looms — and as our clip shows, it’s that the 126 needs to shut down a nuclear reactor. Owen (Rob Lowe) has Marjan (Natacha Karam) put a hose on a fire that’s broken out. That’s not enough, but the firefighters are soon able to keep moving — and they’re racing the clock with the cooling tank about to blow. But just as the 126 reaches the room, the cooling tank ruptures and the explosion throws everyone back! Watch the full clip above for more, including how...

It appears the writers of 9-1-1: Lone Star have decided to go big—or should I say, astronomically big—for their series finale. “Homecoming,” airing Monday, February 3, finds the 126 dealing with the fallout from a literal asteroid strike in Austin. Because when you think Texas, you think space rocks, right? It’s a curious choice to […]

9-1-1: Lone Star “Homecoming”...

Rob Lowe in the series finale “Homecoming” episode of ‘9-1-1 Lone Star’ (Photo by Kevin Estrada © 2024 Fox Media LLC)

The huge question going into Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star season five episode 12 is will all the characters fans have grown to know and love survive. Could someone be killed off in episode 12, the series finale? Rob Lowe spoke to Entertainment Weekly about that possibility but didn’t give away any spoilers.

“Is there a world where Owen dies heroically? Does he live, does he not? And same for everybody else,” said Lowe. “This is a show where it’s totally organic on any given day that any one of these characters could have something really bad happen to them. I mean, that’s not pushed reality — it’s the reality of what first responders go through. So we were debating, ‘Do we want to push that button…...

Spider-Man has been a pop culture icon since Stan Lee and Steve Ditko first brought him to life over six decades ago. From comics to animated series to live-action films, Peter Parker has had quite the journey. Now, in Disney+’s Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, creator Jeff Trammell is giving Spidey’s origin story a fresh, new twist.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | Credits: Disney+

And fans, especially the eagle-eyed ones, have caught some fun nods to Captain America: Civil War. Here’s everything you might have missed!

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and its not-so-subtle winks at Captain America: Civil War!

Originally announced in 2021 as Spider-Man: Freshman Year, the series was supposed to dive into Peter Parker’s journey leading up to his big MCU debut in Captain America: Civil War. But then, the creators took the audiences on a whole new spin on Spider-Man’s origin story. It’s still Tom Holland’s Peter Parker,...

Sara Beate Eira (Screaming Fox Productions) and Eva Åkergren (Nordisk Film Sweden) have boarded Finnish project “Máttáráhká,” aka “When Johan Johanaš Disappeared to the Mountains.”

Directed by Suvi West, and Anssi Kömi, it’s produced by Julia Elomäki for Tekele Productions. Cinematographer Kerttu Hakkarainen, behind “Heartbeast” and “Natatorium,” will lens the film.

In “Máttáráhká” – presented at Goteborg’s Nordic Film Market’s Discovery Co-production Platform – Máret, who’s a filmmaker, lives in a beautiful place where predators are always present. Disillusioned by her culture’s chauvinism and indifference, her life changes thanks to a passionate relationship with Johan Johanaš, allowing her to confront sexual traumas and find her own path.

“For me, it’s actually a comedy. But maybe it’s just my dark and surrealistic mind. It’s definitely an empowering project. I call it an intersectional version of ‘Barbie,’” Suvi West told Variety.

“It’s dark and grotesque,...

“Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” brings another iteration of the iconic comic book web-slinger to the screen. Spidey’s been swinging through the Marvel Cinematic Universe for nearly a decade and now, nine years after he made his debut in “Captain America: Civil War,” audience are getting a new story set in that same time period. Kind of.

Thanks to shifting creative priorities at the studios and behind-the-scenes corporate deals, Spider-Man has always had one of the more complicated cinematic canons as an oft-rebooted franchise header who’s also one of the only Marvel Cinematic Universe characters owned by another studio. Then the multiverse hit the MCU and “Spider-Man: Far From Home” blew open the canon even further, putting Toby McGuire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Men in play right alongside current franchise star Tom Holland.

Now, “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” enters the fray after its own canon-confusing creative journey, so if...

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man makes good use of some relatively obscure characters from Peter Parker's corner of the Marvel Universe...and beyond. For example, The Runaways' Nico Minoru becomes a key supporting player in the web-slinger's life as his new best friend.

In an interview with ComicBook.com, showrunner Jeff Trammell revealed that Nico's role in the Marvel Animation series very nearly went to a de-aged Jessica Jones!

"What can I say? There was another character that we considered," the writer started. "I don’t know if I can say. Well, I’ll say first that, yes, as we knew we were going to do something different. It was kind of like, for this story we want to tell, we need certain characters to fit these roles. And for me, I love Nico. I love Runaways."

"This is very much like an amalgamation of just characters I love that I...

Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail and Julia Roberts have worked together multiple times already. She starred in the series Homecoming, which he co-created; he was an executive producer on the limited series Gaslit, which she starred in; and she starred in his thriller Leave the World Behind, which was a big hit for the Netflix streaming service, landing on their list of Top 10 Most Popular Movies. As of right now, Leave the World Behind stands as Netflix’s fifth most popular English-language film of all time, with 143.4 million views. Last month, we learned that Esmail and Roberts are going to continue their working relationship with another thriller, this one called Panic Carefully… and since then, Esmail has been building a supporting cast around Roberts. Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision) Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything), and Brian Tyree Henry (Eternals) are in there, and now Deadline reveals that the cast has been...

Every dish tells a story. National Geographic has released the trailer and key art for the mouthwatering new series ‘No Taste Like Home With Antoni Porowski,’ set to premiere Feb. 23 on National Geographic and stream next day on Disney+ and Hulu.

This tantalizing docuseries invites viewers to join culinary expert and Emmy® Award-winning star of “Queer Eye” Antoni Porowski as he guides celebrity guests on epic journeys to explore their ancestral gastronomic roots.

From the bustling streets of Italy to the lush jungles of Borneo, each episode promises an exploration of the rich heritage tied to beloved family recipes. With a star lineup that includes Emmy-winning actress Awkwafina (“A Real Bug’s Life,” “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens”), SAG-nominated actor Henry Golding (“Crazy Rich Asians,” “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare”), Emmy-nominated actor James Marsden (“Paradise,” “Sonic the Hedgehog 3”), Academy Award®-nominated actress Florence Pugh (“We Live in Time,” “Dune: Part Two...

Callum Woodhouse returns as Tristan in this week’s episode of All Creatures Great and Small Season 5. The season’s third episode, fittingly titled “Homecoming,” will see Tristan return from his station in the war to reunite with brother Siegfried (Samuel West), who spent Episode 2 squabbling with Mr. Bosworth (Ted Lasso‘s Jeremy Swift) over his methods of managing the town blackout drills as a warden. Housekeeper Mrs. Hall (Anna Madeley) works with Mr. Bosworth in these efforts, and his uptight personality ruffles some feathers along the way. But a veterinary emergency led to Siegfried and Bosworth having a moment of connection. Woodhouse will be a welcome sight when he comes back after a whole season away. The actor’s sabbatical was made possible by having Tristan join the war effort as Royal Army Veterinary Corps. He’s been stationed in Cairo, but now he’s coming back to Darrowby...

From Uncharted to Cherry, Tom Holland has a diverse roster of filmography. As an esteemed actor, he has worked on several films and theatre productions. This also ties well with his awards and accolades highlighting his excellence.

With a career spanning over two decades, he has grown as a versatile actor in the industry. While most fans associate him with his role as the beloved Peter Parker, he achieved several iconic feats before that.

Tom Holland as Peter Parker in a still from Spider-Man: Homecoming | Credit: Marvel Studios

Before his role in Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man trilogy, he acted in Hayao Miyazaki’s film. It was only in recent years that fans lauded and recognized his role in the film. This, in turn, marked his breakthrough as a versatile actor.

In retrospect, this also reflects the bridging of the gap between the audience and the filmmakers. This applies to Hayao...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is notorious for its difficulty in balancing comedic and serious tones, often whiplashing from one emotional beat to another with violent speed. The films of the MCU are well-known for their quippy sense of humor, which has often been criticized as a crutch the franchise uses to maintain mass appeal at the expense of earnestness. Though serious scenes being interrupted by comedy is a far more frequent problem in the MCU, the reverse can be true almost as often.

In many cases, a lighthearted or comedic beat in the franchise will be suddenly interrupted by the sudden development of a very serious plotline. This is often the fault of the films' editing style, which can result in haphazard cuts that abruptly shift more humorous scenes into far more dramatic moments with little warning. In other cases, the tone will slingshot from funny to heavy over the...

The following contains spoilers from the full season of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, now streaming on Disney+.

Disney+’s Star Wars: Skeleton Crew wrapped its eight-episode run on Jan. 14, with a finale in which Wim, Fern, Kb and Neel (played by Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kyriana Kratter and Robert Timothy Smith) dodged all manner of perilous situations, all as Jod Na Nawood (Jude Law) chased after the shiny, golden score of a lifetime.

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A potential villain from Sam Raimi’s cut Spider-Man 4 could’ve made Spider-Man: Homecoming even better. Spider-Man is a Marvel hero that has been notoriously rebooted several times, but Tom Holland’s MCU iteration seems to be the one that will stay. Before him, Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker was the character that started it all, and director Raimi garnered a lot of success with his initial Spider-Man trilogy. Though his Spider-Man 4 film ultimately didn’t happen, it’s interesting to know what direction he would’ve taken.

According to Sean O'Connell’s book With Great Power, the proposed villain for Raimi’s Spider-Man 4 was Adrian Toomes’ Vulture. It’s interesting how that was the alleged direction for the trilogy sequel, considering that the Vulture is the villain that Marvel ultimately went with for Spider-Man’s MCU debut. It’s nice to think of Spider-Man: Homecoming...

Severance is one of those shows that brings a great mixture of life and sci-fi. The second season premiered on Friday, Jan. 17 on Apple TV+, and you’ll want more shows just like it afterward.

The series follows a group of people who work for a mysterious tech company. To work there, they have to go through a procedure that allows them to separate their work memories from their life memories. There are all sorts of themes going on, including corporate overreach and discussions of free will.

Severance is one of those shows that leaves you feeling a little icky but also completely engrossed in each of the storylines. There are plenty of shows like that out there, and here are five that you need to watch as well.

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Let’s start with another show that mixes life and technology.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Charisma Carpenter rejects a revived fan theory, asking for an explanation. Though she'll be known to generations of fans for Cordelia's growth and evolution on the spinoff Angel, it is less appreciated that Cordelia was a part of what's often thought of as Buffy's best era. It's in those first three seasons, those high school years, that Cordelia is positioned alternatively as the frenemy and shadow self of Sarah Michelle Gellar's Buffy Summers.

While responding to comments on TikTok, Carpenter sounded doubtful about a fan's idea that Cordy was a better friend to Buffy than her Scooby Gang, likely meaning Willow, Xander, and Giles. In the quote below, Carpenter refers to the idea as an “unpopular take” and asks commenters to provide evidence of Cordy being a good friend to Buffy. The quote is below:

Oh, this is such an unpopular take. This is gonna cause some controversy.

The photographic excellence of The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Maria, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu, and Wicked were cited in the marquee Theatrical Feature Film category as the American Society of Cinematographers announced nominees Thursday morning for the 39th Annual ASC Awards. The ASC Awards span features, documentaries, television, and music videos among its seven categories, with these nominations delayed a week due to the Los Angeles wildfire crisis.

This feature lineup is packed with awards season favorites, including cinematographers Lol Crawley for The Brutalist, Greig Fraser for Dune: Part Two, and Jarin Blaschke for Nosferatu. Last year’s ASC feature winner, Hoyte van Hoytema for Oppenheimer, went on to win the Academy Award. The ASC winner has claimed that year’s Oscar 18 times in 38 years, or a smidgen less than half the time.

The number of nominees in the feature category — seven this time — can vary between five and...

The cinematographers of “The Brutalist,” “A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Maria,” “Nosferatu” and “Wicked” have been nominated for the top feature-film award by the American Society of Cinematographers, which announced its nominations on Thursday after a week-long delay because of the Los Angeles wildfires.

The nominated cinematographers were Jarin Blaschke for “Nosferatu,” Alice Brooks for “Wicked,” Lol Crawley for “The Brutalist,” Stéphane Fontaine for “Conclave,” Greig Fraser for “Dune: Part Two,” Edward Lachman for “Maria” and Phedon Papamichael for “A Complete Unknown.”

The nominations were the fourth for Fraser, Lachman and Papamichael. Brooks became only the fourth woman ever nominated in the feature-film category by the ASC, following Rachel Morrison for “Mudbound,” Ari Wegner for “The Power of the Dog” and Mandy Walker for “Elvis.” Walker is the only woman to win.

The category was expanded to seven nominees rather than the usual five, but it still did...

After a delay due to the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles, the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) announced the nominees for its 2025 Outstanding Achievement Awards, spanning feature films, documentaries, television, and music videos. “Dune: Part 2” continues to be a craft favorite with a nomination for Greig Fraser, but winter films made their mark, with nominations for “Nosferatu” and “A Complete Unknown,” among others. The ASC’s spotlight award, which highlights outstanding features with a more limited release or festival run, also nominated Jomo Fray’s work on “Nickel Boys,” keeping it in the conversation.

On the television side, both “House of the Dragon” and “Shōgun” earned multiple nominations for sweeping and sometimes fantastical work in the One-Hour Regular Series category; “Hacks” and “The Franchise” earned nominations for the sharp, funny backstage view of the entertainment industry that Adam Bricker’s and Carl Herse’s cameras each take. The ASC...

On Tuesday 14 January 2025, BBC One broadcasts Silent Witness!

Homecoming – Part 2 Season 28 Episode 4 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Silent Witness,” titled “Homecoming – Part 2,” promises to be a gripping continuation of the story. This episode will air on BBC One and follows the intense events that unfolded in the previous installment.

In this episode, the Lyell team faces a new challenge after another hammer attack occurs. The team quickly realizes that this attack is not an isolated incident. As they dig deeper, they start to uncover links to a larger conspiracy involving local government. The investigation takes unexpected turns, revealing layers of deception and hidden motives.

Viewers can expect suspense and intrigue as the team works to piece together the clues. With each revelation, the stakes get higher, and the pressure mounts. The episode will explore themes of justice and accountability, as the Lyell team navigates a complex web of connections.

On Monday 13 January 2025, BBC One broadcasts Silent Witness!

Homecoming – Part 1 Season 28 Episode 3 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Silent Witness,” titled “Homecoming – Part 1,” promises to be a gripping installment in the series. Set to air on BBC One, this episode begins with a shocking discovery. A man is found bludgeoned to death with a hammer, and the Lyell team is called in to investigate the troubling case.

As the investigation unfolds, the team quickly realizes that this murder is not just a random act of violence. They find themselves drawn into a complex conspiracy involving local government. This twist adds layers of intrigue and tension to the storyline, as the team must navigate through political ties and hidden agendas to uncover the truth.

Viewers can expect the usual blend of forensic science and emotional storytelling that “Silent Witness” is known for. The episode will likely explore the personal impact of...

Göteborg’s prime Nordic Film Market where last year’s Cannes sensations “The Girl with the Needle,” “Armand” and “When the Light Breaks” were first showcased as works in progress, has announced exclusively to Variety its full 2025 program.

Over Jan. 29-31, more than 60 completed films, titles in development and post-production will be showcased to 500-plus industry delegates from 38 countries.

As always, several acclaimed-directors will share the spotlight with promising newcomers, as reflected in the centre-piece 15-title Works in Progress lineup.

Five years after his Cannes selection with “Godland,” Iceland’s festival darling Hlynur Pálmason makes a comeback with “The Love that Remains,” a vignette-driven family drama toplining Sverrir Guðnason and Saga Garðarsdóttir (“Balls”).

A Cannes Directors’ Fortnight habitué, Afghan-born Shahrbanoo Sadat (“The Orphanage”) will bring “No Good Men,” her first romcom, set inside a Kabul newsroom in 2021 pre-Taliban ruled-Afghanistan.

Sweden’s Lisa Langseth (“Pure”) returns to feature length after her...

There's a version of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man set in the MCU that could have finally explored Peter Parker's origin story and his time in the homemade red and blue costume featured in Homecoming and Far From Home.

Unfortunately, it seems that idea was scrapped relatively soon into what was then Spider-Man: Freshman Year's development. Instead, we're getting a story in another reality where the hero never went to Midtown High and, in place of Tony Stark, Norman Osborn became his mentor.

Talking to Animation Magazine, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man showrunner Jeff Trammell further explained why the events of this series don't play out on the Sacred Timeline.

"I’m a huge fan of the MCU Spider-Man films, but if our show existed in the main MCU timeline, we would be severely limited in the types of stories we could tell and would have a pretty short shelf life,...

A brutal hammer attack on an estate agent kicks off the latest two-part Silent Witness story, “Homecoming,” promising a grim and twisty ride. When the Lyell Centre team arrives at the scene, they find the victim, Philip Chalmers, viciously murdered, the murder weapon conspicuously absent. Chalmers, it seems, was simply preparing a house for a […]

Silent Witness “Homecoming – Part One”...

Tom Holland seems to have a lot of great films on the horizon, but there is one film that might have been an ironic project to pick, right after it was announced that he and his long-time partner and Spider-Man co-star Zendaya, are engaged.

Tom Holland and Zendaya || Credit: Marvel Studios

While it might be the case that Holland’s engagement and his signing of the film were on different trajectories, the timeline of the announcement of both these developments is nothing short of hilarious, if not hella ironic.

The Partner will see Tom Holland act and produce Tom Holland as Spider-Man || Credit: Marvel Studios

Tom Holland has been trying to diversify his acting image beyond just Spider-Man. Having been part of some gritty thrillers and action-adventure films, the actor has still not been able to shake off his wholesome image.

The film that is in focus right now, will...

After a lot of uncertainty about Tom Holland’s next Spider-Man film, the actor finally confirmed that “It’s happening” when he went on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Since then, fans have been ecstatic to see what Marvel Studios has in store for us and if it will be another multiverse flick or tone it down to street level. While nothing is confirmed yet, reports and speculations continue to fly around, taking our excitement to whole new levels each time.

Tom Holland as Spider-Man | Credit: Marvel Studios

This time, a well-known industry insider with a pretty good track record has reported something about Spider-Man 4’s script and we are in quite a bit of a shock. As it turns out, the Og version was going to bring back two villains from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Spider-Man 4’s original script brought back 2 Homecoming villains

The biggest adversary to...

"Severance" Season 2 can't come soon enough. Fans of Dan Erickson's visually and psychologically arresting science fiction drama have had to wait nearly four years to learn the fates of Lumen Industries employees Mark (Adam Scott), Helly (Britt Lower), Dylan (Zack Cherry), and Irving (John Turturro), all of whom had their lives and livelihoods put in jeopardy as a consequence of Season 1's cliffhanger finale.

For the uninitiated, the Apple TV+ series explores a not-too-distant future in which a corporation can sever or bifurcate a person's mind so that they essentially have two sets of separate memories -- one as the person they are in their personal life, and another as the person they are when they come to work. This essentially creates two separate people who share one body, one of whom spends the entirety of their life working a mind-numbing office job.

But if you're reading this, it's...

In the upcoming episode of “Silent Witness,” titled “Homecoming – Part 1,” the gripping drama continues with a chilling case that pulls the Lyell team into a web of conspiracy. Set to air on Monday, January 13, 2025, at 10:00 Pm on BBC One, this episode promises to keep audiences on the edge of their seats.

The story begins when a man is discovered bludgeoned to death with a hammer. This shocking crime scene leads the Lyell team to uncover connections that reach deep into local government. As they dig deeper, the investigators find themselves entangled in a complex situation where nothing is as it seems. The episode explores themes of power, corruption, and the lengths some will go to protect their interests.

With the tension rising and the stakes higher than ever, the Lyell team must navigate through layers of deceit to reveal the truth. “Homecoming – Part 1” sets the stage for a...

Gwen Van Dam, a veteran character actress of seven decades whose 140 credits spanned television, film and the Los Angeles stage, died Dec. 19 at her home in West LA. She was 96.

Per previous reporting attributed to her son Dirk Smillie, the cause of death was a recurrence of cancer.

Throughout her long-tenured career, Van Dam appeared in 1978’s Halloween with Jamie Lee Curtis, 1994’s Star Trek Generations with Patrick Stewart, the romantic war drama Coming Home featuring Jane Fonda and Jon Voight and the Sidney Poitier-helmed Gene Wilder pic Stir Crazy.

Among her television credits are illustrious series like Days of Our Lives, Gilmore Girls, Knots Landing, ER, Moonlighting, The Brady Bunch, Maude, Owen Marshall, New Girl, Modern Family and Criminal Minds.

On the music video side of things, she appeared in visual works for U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Panic! At the Disco and heavy metal band Mastodon.

Gwen Van Dam, whose 70-year career as a character actress for film, television and the stage included turns in True Confessions, Halloween, Coming Home, Stir Crazy and The Trip to Bountiful, has died. She was 96.

Van Dam, who compiled about 140 acting credits on IMDb, died Dec. 19 at her home in West Los Angeles after a recurrence of cancer, her son, Dirk Smillie, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Van Dam remained a busy actress until the end, appearing on the first five episodes of Prime Video’s Homecoming in 2018, on Netflix’s Grace and Frankie in 2019 and on two installments of Hulu’s Interior Chinatown last year. She recently finished a play, too.

Her TV résumé included The Brady Bunch, Mannix, Maude, House Calls, Days of Our Lives, Moonlighting, 227, Knots Landing, Star Trek: Generations, ER, Gilmore Girls, Charmed, New Girl, Criminal Minds, Angie Tribeca and Modern Family.

Meanwhile, she spent the...

It’s been over 10 years since Zendaya appeared on Dancing With the Stars, but losing the season still seems to sting.

The award-nominated actress appeared in Season 16 of the popular dance competition show, with professional dancer Valentin Chmerkovskiy helping her reach the finals.

He did the same alongside actress Kelly Monaco in the previous season, finishing third overall.

Zendaya and Val seemed destined to win the show’s coveted trophy in Season 16, but the host ultimately announced them as the runner-up pair.

The finale revealed that country singer Kellie Pickler and pro dancer Derek Hough were the best of the group.

While that happened a while ago, it kept Zendaya from watching the show because she continued “harboring a little animosity” about her loss.

Zendaya recalls her DWTS loss in Season 16

While speaking to W Magazine, Zendaya said she doesn’t watch the show after her Season 16 loss. She opened up about that experience,...

What If...? may be over, Beyond The Spider-Verse may be at least a good couple of years away, but we've not long left to wait before our next dose of animated Marvel action thwips its way onto our screens. Yes, Marvel Animation's hotly anticipated Spidey series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is only a month away from hitting our screens, and to mark the countdown commencing, today the streamer revealed the first official trailer for the show. So, for your first proper look at Hudson Thomas' Peter Parker in action — and first glimpses at Colman Domingo's Norman Osborn, Hugh Dancy's Otto Octavius, and more — check out the teaser for the series below:

Everything about this new trailer for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man — which started life as a Spider-Man: Homecoming prequel project and has now spun off and become its own alternate Marvel universe entirely — seems tailor-made to...

In Season 10, Episode 1 of “Love & Hip Hop,” titled “Homecoming,” airing at 6:00 Am on Monday, January 6, 2025, on VH1, the drama picks up where it left off. Chrissy Lampkin makes a highly anticipated return to Jim Jones after an eight-year absence, and their reunion promises to be full of raw emotion and unresolved tension. The episode explores the challenges of rekindling a relationship after a long time apart, with both Chrissy and Jim navigating the complexities of their past.

Meanwhile, Safaree and Erica Mena are back in the spotlight, working together to plan their wedding, but their journey to the altar is anything but smooth. Cyn Santana and Joe Budden also have a long-awaited conversation, where they finally address the issues that have kept them apart. Remy Ma’s “Off Parole” party takes an unexpected turn, bringing even more drama and surprises to the episode. “Homecoming” promises to be an...